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Where communities intermingle, diversity grows – The evolution of topics in ecosystem service research

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We analyze how the content of ecosystem service research has evolved since the early 1990s. Conducting a computational bibliometric content analysis we process a corpus of 14,118 peer-reviewed scientific article abstracts on ecosystem services (ES) from Web of Science records. To provide a comprehensive content analysis of ES research literature, we employ a latent Dirichlet allocation algorithm. For three different time periods (1990-2000, 2001-2010, 2011-2016), we derive nine main ES topics arising from content analysis and elaborate on how they are related over time. The results show that natural science-based ES research analyzes oceanic, freshwater, agricultural, forest, and soil ecosystems. Pollination and land cover emerge as traceable standalone topics around 2001. Social science ES literature demonstrates a reflexive and critical lens on the role of ES research and includes critiques of market-oriented perspectives. The area where social and natural science converge most is about land use systems such as agriculture. Overall, we provide evidence of the strong natural science foundation, the highly interdisciplinary nature of ES research, and a shift in social ES research towards integrated assessments and governance approaches. Furthermore, we discuss potential reasons for observable topic developments.
Bian, Jinhu (43561035200); Zhao, Jinping (59501798600); Li, Ainong (14519510100)
Remote sensing monitoring of mountain sustainable development goals (SDG15.4): a systematic review
2025
10.1080/17538947.2024.2448216
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85214201301&doi=10.1080%2f17538947.2024.2448216&partnerID=40&md5=2c670cf16564de87238b2feaebb01c1e
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Wanglang Mountain Remote Sensing Observation and Research Station of Sichuan Province, Mianyang, China
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